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8th October 2008, 07:49 AM #1Hewer of wood
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Bird bowl?
Came across this in Christchurch NZ.
From one piece of wood it was made in Fiji in 1981 or earlier.
The body is clearly turned, not sculpted.Cheers, Ern
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8th October 2008, 09:05 AM #2
I think I like it
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8th October 2008, 09:35 AM #3
It's different, that's for sure! Probably doesn't make as much noise as a parrot.
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8th October 2008, 10:01 AM #4Banned
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its a bird , its a fish , its a Turtle, man
Nice find rsser ,
Where in Chch did you get it ?
a Kava bowl eh , many of then are turtles .
I have tried to make a small one myself out of pine , but I damaged the legs There must be a better way that the one I tried .
here are a few more
http://tinyurl.com/3lfysy
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8th October 2008, 11:49 AM #5Hewer of wood
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Ah, thanks for that enlightenment MJ.
Dunno if it's a Kava bowl though. The pic was taken in a chapel of the Cathedral. Or if it is, I'm turning Anglican ;-}
Edit: just looked at your pics. Yep.
Do you have to drain one in one go?
Might make for meaningful communion.
.Cheers, Ern
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8th October 2008, 11:52 AM #6
Lordy...hope that's not what birds look like in New Zealand!!!! lol
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8th October 2008, 03:49 PM #7
Definately a cava bowl rsser, and usually carved not turned. They make heaps in Fiji for use and for the tourists to take home.
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8th October 2008, 04:48 PM #8Banned
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I had a look around and found this ,
on the AAW forum , so I nicked it
Its from Samoa , but I 'spose the method is pretty much the same.
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He uses a string compass to draw the circles for the bowl shapes, both the inside and outside of the rim. Other than that it is all free hand, including the cylindrical pillars that form the legs of the Kava Bowl. The patterns are done completely free hand. No marks or layout done before carving whatsoever. His primary tools for roughing out the bowl shapes and smoothing them were handmade from old machete blades. The tool forms were shaped on a grinding wheel, and then wooden handles made to fit them. The final carved finish is done with a scraper made from the machete blades. It is a somewhat thicker version of a cabinet scraper that we might use. I tried to find out if he uses a burnisher to create the burr but his wife was not sure. I suspect the burr on the scraper is straight from the grinder. Sometimes he sands the finishes with sandpaper, but often he uses sand (literallly) rubbed into the wood with his hands, first dry, then wet, followed by other finer abrasive materials like fish skins. His choice depends more on what is at hand and what he can afford at the time.
http://www.aawforum.org/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1984
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8th October 2008, 05:41 PM #9Hewer of wood
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Well I'll be ...
Who needs a lathe?!
Impressive work.
Thanks Neil and MJ.Cheers, Ern
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8th October 2008, 07:19 PM #10
A bird bowl?
Well, that takes you of my list of emergency turtle caretakers, Ern.
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8th October 2008, 08:07 PM #11Hewer of wood
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Well if your turtles have got a beer gut like this guy I'm happy to be off your list Skew ;-}
Cheers, Ern
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9th October 2008, 12:34 AM #12
Very nice, Ern.
Jock, to convert a quoted link into a functioning link, add a blank space at each end. Unfortunately, AAW has image access to attachments limited to logged-in members, similar to here, which status seems to vary nowadays.
Cheers,
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Fiction has to make sense. - Mark Twain
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9th October 2008, 09:24 AM #13Banned
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Thanks Joe , all fixed now.
Yes , I tried to join the AAW forum , and they rejected me .
either because they do not recognise New Zealand email addresses , which is not uncommon from american forums etc.
or because they don't think that Manuka Jock is my real name
Bit of a bugga really , I would like to see the Samoan carver's work
I will try again under Jock Manuka
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9th October 2008, 11:22 AM #14Hewer of wood
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Jock, they now have a policy of accepting only your 'real' name.
So you need either to fess up to it or give 'em a porkie.Cheers, Ern
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Yep , Jock Manuka , thats me
Here is the kava bowl that John Lafa'ele , the Samoan carver did ..... in a day !
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